Hi All,

Been pretty quiet here lately. Just finished a three week shoot for the new series of 'The Art of Don'. We were shooting on location around Ireland and look forward to the new series airing in the Autumn.

Best wishes,

Don Conroy

Don Conroy will be making a special appearance on Ray D'arcy's hugely successful Today FM show.
Tune in to Ray, Jenny et al from 9am this morning to find out more.

Tune in to RTE on Thursdays for Don Conroy's series 'The Art of Don'.
In the second series Don shows us how to draw Zoo animals as well as visiting The Botanical Gardens, Dublin and The Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.

To view some more of Don Conroy's art check out

http://donconroy.com/gallery

Don Conroy will be appearing on RTE's flagship daytime show 'The Afternoon Show' today. There was a huge public response to the amateur Irish art competition of which Don is one of the judges.

On today's show Don will meet with the short-listed finalists and discuss their paintings.

Don Conroy will appear on Ireland AM today with Mark Cagney and Sinead Desmond. Early birds can tune in at 8.15am and any night owls can catch the repeat in the wee hours.

Don will bring a sample of his paintings ranging from his wildlife art to his more abstract paintings all of which are for sale through the website. Check back to the site again for video of the interview.

http://donconroy.com/gallery/

Don Conroy will be appearing on RTE's very popular Mooney Show this afternoon in a segment on the elusive Treecreepers.

But what is a treecreeper you might ask.
Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees.

Friday 9th February.

Don will guest in Derek Mooney's very popular afternoon radio programme.

Check out the latest episode of 'The Art of Don' on RTE 2 at 3.15pm today.

In today's episode Don and his friends draw the amazing Eagle Owl. One of Don's favourite birds which is often portrayed in TV and Film. In Disney's 'Winnie The Pooh' the eagle owl was portrayed in the character the owl.

A tale from Ancient Greece...

A long time ago Owls were the only birds who sang at night. After a hard day scratching for food, raising their young and general day-to-day toiling all the animals and birds of the land would gather round the massive oak trees and listen to the beautiful music of the owls.

Everyone agreed it was the most wonderful sound ever heard and animals and birds came from far and wide to listen. As news spread of the wonderful music, so did the egos of the owls increase.

One night the owls announced that they were so wonderful that they deserved to be paid for their performances. It was decided they would charge everyone for the pleasure of listening to their song. Annoyed though they were, the animals and birds agreed that the owls' music was worth paying for and each night brought treasures and sumptuous foods for the haughty owls.

Then something very strange happened.

On one particular night the owls were sitting on their branches, deliberately making their paying public wait, "We are owls! We perform when we are good and ready!" they told each other.

Suddenly beautiful music was heard.

The animals and birds were confused. This song was not the song of the owls. It was much sweeter and lighter and much more melodic.
But where did it come from?
The animals searched high and low until they found the author of the glorious music. It was none other than a nightingale.

The owls were astonished and in their own arrogant way cried "Who? Who? Who?". They couldn't believe that anyone would ever try and upstage them. And since that day the owls lost their gift of song and, like a stuck record, repeat the words "who?', "who?", "who?" over and over again.

But what about the owl who couldn't give a hoot? Now that's another story. To find out more go here...

http://donconroy.com/publications

For the latest episode of The Art of Don premieres today at 3.15pm RTÉ 2

Check out the latest episode of 'The Ugly Duckling and Me' (head-written by Don's son Richie) today on RTÉ 2 at 11 am.

On today's episode Don and his artist assistants go to a car museum and draw some vintage cars.

Tune is at 3.15pm RTÉ 2

Don will be appearing on RTÉ 1's 'Afternoon Show' this Wednesday to launch an Art competion.

Tune in at 3pm to find out more or go to...

http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/story/1122736.html

You can now watch all your favourite episodes of 'The Art of Don' online. Check it out at:

http://www.rte.ie/tv/theden/theartofdon/

Happy viewing!

Listen to Don talking wildlife today on RTE Radio 1’s Mooney Goes Wild programme.

The latest episode of “The Art of Don” airs 3.15pm today on RTE2.

Check out episode 4 of “The Art of Don” today at 3.15pm on RTE2 with Ireland's favourite Artist Don Conroy

Episode three of the second series of “The Art of Don”. Today you can learn how to draw a ring-tailed lemur.

In today’s episode of “The Art of Don”, Don teaches us how to draw a pot-bellied pig.

Tune in to RTE 2, 3.15pm

Check out the premiere of the second series of hugely popular “The Art of Don”.

This week Don shows us how to draw a lion - RTE 2, 3.15pm.

Watch all your favourite episodes on www.rte.ie/theden

Don had a busy summer this year. Here are some of the highlights:

May
May 2006 saw Don guesting on the popular TV show UR CALL on Network 2.

June
Don travelled the length and breadth of the country presenting environmental awards to children in national schools for their successful entries in the Wildlife in Schools Challenge.

"It was great fun meeting all the young enthusiastic pupils. It gives one great hope for the future to see how much interest and knowledge they have about wildlife and the environment."

Don says his claim to fame is that he has been lucky enough to plant a native tree in every county in Ireland over the past ten years.

July
Don began the second series of 'The Art of Don' for young people. The first series proved to be very popular with young viewers. Screening of the second series starts in September 2006.